Question #1077

Answer choice E is not 100% supported

Started by amiru77 · started 2017-10-07 21:57 · last activity 2018-10-09 00:43 · 3 replies

Hi I chose AC E but it is not 100% supported by the passage. According to the passage MOST artists hold political views that are less insightful than those reasonably well-educated persons not artists. Considering the fact that MOST as well as SOME include ALL, we cannot infer that some artists are not less insightful than (or some artists are as insightful as) those reasonably well-educated persons not artists. Moreover, the passage says: artistic talent and political insight are rarely found together. All we can infer from this statement is that sometimes we can find together artistic talent and political insight. However, this statement does not provide us with any basis for comparison between political insight in talented artists and those of well-educated non-artists. Therefore, this statement does not allow us to conclude for 100% sure that in those RARE instances that political insight and artistic talent are found together in one person, that person is necessarily as insightful as a well-educated non-artist. Am I missing something? can you please let me know where have gone wrong in analyzing the stimulus?

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  1. Mehran · 2017-11-24 18:46

    Thank you for your question! This is a Must Be True question--the correct answer choice is textually-supported by the information presented in the passage. The passage tells us that MOST artists' political views are less insightful than those of any reasonably well-educated person who is not an artist. All right. Let's remember that a MOST statement reverses as a "some" statement. So, the reverse of "MOST artists' political views are less insightful than those of any reasonably well-educated person who is not an artist" is "some reasonably well-educated people who are not artists have political views that are at least as insightful / no less insightful than those of artists'." OK, this is what answer choice (E) says: "SOME artists are NO less politically insightful than some reasonably well-educated persons who are not artists." Hope this helps!

  2. a42 · 2018-05-07 15:29

    I'm confused about this reversal. It seems like you reversed and negated "less insightful than those of any reasonably well-educated person" to "no less insightful." I didn't think "some" statements could be reversed and negated.

  3. alymathieu · 2018-10-09 00:43

    Can someone answer this question

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